Man United’s title challenge fell flat before it really even got started.
In fact, the writing was on the wall a long, long time before their defeat to West Brom last weekend handed the trophy to rivals City.
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Their noisy neighbours have been considerably better in almost every department along the way this season.
And a moment in United’s 2-0 win at Bournemouth last night pretty much summed up their title efforts.
United won the game fairly comfortably thanks to goals from Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku.
But it was Daley Blind’s arrival late on that produced something truly comical.
Watch it below:
We’ve literally all been there.
The ball is travelling across your body, hitting your standing foot as you take a swipe with the other.
And miss it entirely.
A swing and a miss – just like United’s title challenge.
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